diff --git a/lang/cling/Makefile b/lang/cling/Makefile
index 48f46b83016e..7c30e7208c66 100644
--- a/lang/cling/Makefile
+++ b/lang/cling/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ LLVM_RELEASE=	5.0.0
 LLVM_SUFFIX=	50_cern-root
 LLVM_PREFIX=	${PREFIX}/llvm${LLVM_SUFFIX}
 
-USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lib compiler:c11 cpe gnome libedit ncurses \
+USES=		cmake compiler:c++11-lib compiler:c11 gnome libedit ncurses \
 		python:build shebangfix tar:bzip2
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 USE_LDCONFIG=	${LLVM_PREFIX}/lib